Left Party of Sweden

The Left Party (V) is a socialist political party in Sweden that was founded in 1917 as a splintergroup from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The Left Party became the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921, but it was renamed to the Left Party - Communists in 1967 before adopting the name Left Party in 1990. The party opposed privatizations, supported Swedish membership in the Non-Aligned Movement, opposed membership in the European Union, and advocated increased public expenditure, and it supported social democratic governments. However, it was never a part of government at the national level. In 2017, the party held 21/349 Rikstag seats, 1/20 European Parliament seats, 116/1,597 county council seats, and 750/12,780 municipal council seats.